I Love Kanji炊く (taku)
炊く (たく, taku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cook (grains, e.g. rice)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たく
- Romaji
- taku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to cook (grains, e.g. rice) · godan verb, transitive
- to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe · godan verb, transitive
- to get angry; to snap · godan verb, intransitive · net-sl
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 炊く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 炊く | たく taku |
| Polite (~masu) | 炊きます | たきます takimasu |
| Negative | 炊かない | たかない takanai |
| Polite negative | 炊きません | たきません takimasen |
| Past | 炊いた | たいた taita |
| Polite past | 炊きました | たきました takimashita |
| Negative past | 炊かなかった | たかなかった takanakatta |
| Te-form | 炊いて | たいて taite |
| Potential | 炊ける | たける takeru |
| Passive | 炊かれる | たかれる takareru |
| Causative | 炊かせる | たかせる takaseru |
| Volitional | 炊こう | たこう takou |
| Imperative | 炊け | たけ take |
| Conditional (~ba) | 炊けば | たけば takeba |
Kanji in 炊く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 炊く.
Source: JMdict entry 1596830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.